Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-31

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Thaa PeefFy. Ne Alleges
Il the Caase 81 his
PReseeualoa.
1 Yesterday afternoon q reporter Of ths
PoaT-IsxELxIaKEcxR called a. the Ooun,
~ Isii, wkere /. Z. spARord 10 held on I
charge Of eausinR his wifs's death while
trying % e0mnit an abortioa on her,
lat Saturday, aud through the courtesy
Of Tailor Nick Hauna. the reporter vas
permitted 10 interview the man who. II
half vAat Is said Of him be true, Is 3
second Guiteau- SpafsFd IL q small
man. about 80 years Of ace. With liekt
nustsehs, high fofebesd, STRAIGHT hair,
prominent cheek bones, and al ugly
scar On bis nose. After the reporter
bad made his business known. Spadorc
said: Il did not intend to make any
public statement until consulted my
attorney. bat / have Just read J. 7.
kOnaldis version of this affair In the
Posi- IsTKLIIGKxcKR. and am glad of
an opportunity 10 reply 10 the false
statements be has therein made. In
/ fact
AoEALD's sTkTK1xKzT n An INTERNAL LIE,
For be says / have no children, vhsn
the fact is have one son BY my first
wife, eleven years Of age, stopping with
Mr.. Smith es Kent, and daughter in
British Columbia but guess lad net
better speak Of her, for under the Brit
ish Law she does not belong to mel
gave her away; but IL my wife had not
died / would have had her with me
after awhile. never committed an
abortion on my wife before, although
Der hrst baby was stili-born. II is true
that
GAVE HKR GRAVEL STONES,
And I'll tell you why. -Four years age
bad the dyspepsia very bad, and the
d0etoF told me / could never be cured.
Soon after met man Who told me he
had cured himself Of the disease by
swallowing gravel. tried Il and il
worked radical cure on me. ] took
from six 10 ten gravel stones immedi-
ately after each meal until vas cured.
Ny wife had frequently taken gravel
stones before for pains IN her stomach,
and on the occasion Of which Ronald
speaks she complained Of pains, and
gave her only three or four stones the
size Of bird shot. Daring her life she
was very kind. and on one occasion she
gathered three pints Of gravel stones
for me.
How, ABOUT THE cARBoLIc AoTD,
which Roaald says / gave my wife.
The still-born child which she had be-
fore left her in q bad condition, and
when she would go for two or three days
without taking sweet spirits Of Nitro,
her breath would smell bad. As We bad
no sweet spirits of attire. her breath got
very bad and the doctor brought over
some csFbolic acid 10 destroy the often
sive smell in the room. sprinkled
some around In various places and
pat some IN q can, which ! set near the
bed, to equalize the smell. l told her
what IL was and warned her not TO
touch 1t. l went ont for awhile, during
which time she took sick az her stomach
and vomited 10 the can Of acid. some Of
which splashed in her face. When |
returned, she said. "See what / have
dene-I vent TO throw up and | split
some Of that stuff on nay chin. and il
has run down on my bosom y l was
frightened, and asked her II she had
swallowed any.
SHE SMILED AND SAID NO.
/ took q cloth, dipped ID In sweet milk
and washed the carbolic acid off her
chin end bosom, and then applied lard
generally, and tied IL on with q rag,
which stopped the pain. I told the
doctor what | bad done. and be said
that was right. There was no blister
on her face or neck at any time. The
lard prevented that. want 10 deny
the
HART AND HAND STORY.
A man would be a brute to commence
talking Of getting married before bis
wife was cold. II Is true l helped dig
her grave. There were plenty OF men
willing to dig ID, but during her two and
q half years sickness, when she was
given up by the doctors, / nurssd her |
back TO life, and during all the time, |
even when her mother came, she pre- |
ferFed me to make her bed, for she said |
II laid better when made il; and as |
the digging Of her grave was the last |
act Of kindness / could do for her. and |
the last bed could make and the last |
act OF love | could perform, II seemed |
to me she would sleep better II
helped to dig her grave. Put this all |
down, for il all leads 10 something. DR.. |
Ballard showed me where 90 dig the /
grave, and his hired man and Mr.. Faw- |
eett helped me to dig IL. did not dis
obey the doctors orders in any partieu |
lar. as Ronald claims. The medicine |
he refers to got from
HALF BREED WOMAN,
Named Mrs. Mary Green, whose mother |
belongs 10 the Lammi tribe, of WHAT
com County, and | believe IL Is good /
for what il Is recommended. Twas not /
taken before Justice POrtway, as Ronald |
states, bat when / found | was accused /
| demanded an immediate trial, and /
went there. / insisted on q trial then |
and there. Sheriff CochEane and Will
liam FaWoelt took me to one side end /
talked privately, sdVisine me not TO /
have q trial. They tried to make me /
believe the people we're preiudiced |
against me, snd that could not get Jus |
tics there. asked them II / would not |
get the truth. and when they answered |
yes, told them that was all / wanted. |
Still they insisted had better not have |
q trial there. l did not put much weight |
in what Cochrans said. for considered |
him tool Of Rouald's, bat on Favcett |
believed a good deal, for l thought be |
vas disinteFessed. he said for me 10 90 |
10 town. aud asked Why should 90 TO |
iowa for nothing. Finally became
convinced that the sheriff vas also talk |
ING for my good, and considered had |
best see sn attorney. vas ratified, as |
had Just lost
MI wIFE, WHOM LOVED,
And vas In no shape TO plead my own |
csse, especially against an attorney like |
that Prosecutor Ronald. realize nov |
did wFene in coming TO town. ! was |
never pnt under bonds, or my bonds |
we're never fixed a. $500 asked the |
Justice three times what the amount Of |
my bonds was, and be said he did not |
knew. II be did NOS know the amount |
| could not ask any one 70 go bail for me. |
THOSE POEMS
About Ronald are not quite all dis
tFibased yet, but they are going. find |
q good demand for them. and after this
trs1ble is over | may have 10 print q
second edition. | am confident that
Ronald is my evil genius, that be Is
working against me, and / lay the
whole trousle 10 that poetry published
about him, whereas l said
An asylam's for a lunAtie. where they
feed asd keep him cool,
Bat there's no place under heaven
where they ever want fool.